On Tuesday, June 8, three bright and talented FFA members
interviewed for the opportunity to be Georgia’s candidate for National
FFA Office. Kaitlyn Butler of the Jeff Davis FFA chapter was selected. Kaitlyn
is a 2008 graduate of Jeff Davis High School. She served as a State FFA
Vice-President in 2007-2008, and is a Junior at the University of Georgia
majoring in Agricultural Education. Congratulations to Kaitlyn. She will spend
the next few months preparing and polishing her skills, and will interview at
the National FFA Convention in October.

The other candidates who competed were Junior Chapman of the
Pickens County FFA (State President 2007-2008) and Cain Thurmond of the
Jefferson FFA (State VP 2008-2009.) Both of these young men did a tremendous
job, and the nominating committee had a difficult decision to make. All three
of these young people were exceptionally prepared and worked very hard to reach
this point. I salute these students, but also the ag teachers who have pushed, encouraged,
coached and mentored them for the past several years. These are three bright
stars of our program. I am proud of each one, and grateful to you for your hand
in their success.